This document discusses how Jesus is portrayed as the "New Moses" in the Gospel of Matthew. It notes key similarities and differences between Jesus and Moses, such as Jesus fulfilling the law that Moses received. Key passages from Matthew are examined, such as the temptations of Jesus in the desert and the Sermon on the Mount, which establish Jesus as a new teacher who fulfills the old law rather than abolishing it. The document encourages understanding how Jesus is presented as the promised Messiah and new prophet like Moses in order to bring about God's kingdom.

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Jesus, the New Moses
Unit 4: The Gospel of Matthew

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MATTHEWOVERVIEW
85-87 AD
Affluent (elite) Jewish-Christians
“New Moses”
 Rabbi, Promised Messiah, Fulfillment of the
Law, New & Improved Temple.
Traced back to Abraham

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What do you know about Moses?
• What does he have in common with Jesus?
• How do they differ?

4. Infancy Narratives
Luke Matthew
How do the audiences affect the details of the story?

5. + Temptations of Jesus
KRAMSKOY, Ivan Nikolaevich
Date: 1873
How is Jesus
portrayed as“New
Moses?
What does this
passage teach
us?
Mt 4:1-11

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Parables pgs. 175-180
Stories rooted in daily life
that use symbolism or
allegory as a teaching tool
and that usually have a
surprise ending.

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Sermon on
the Mount
(Matthew 5-7)
“I have come not to
abolish the law, but
to fulfill it.”
• Jesus’ teachings on
daily life (ethics).
• New Moses!

8. + Our Call to
Beatitude!
“Supreme
Blessedness”
In order to be “partakers of
the divine nature” and of
eternal life, we must strive
to possess these qualities!

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The Greatest
Commandments
“You shall love
your neighbor
as yourself.”
“You shall love the
Lord, your God, with all
your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all
your strength”

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Pg. 183-184; Matthew 25:31-46
I fed the
hungry.
Whatever.

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1. Explain why faith in Jesus is our path to eternal
life.
2. Define the Beatific Vision.
3. What is the Mystical Body of Christ?
4. What is the Communion of Saints?
5. How did the death of Jesus change death for
all of us?
6. Why is it good for us to keep in mind that death
is inevitable?
7. What ideas and images can help us to have
some understanding of Heaven?
8. What is the relationship between Hell and the
gift of free will.
9. What is the purpose of Purgatory?
Rd 224-235; 235 From last night…